LEES Jason

1 Mar 1977
44
Male
1.0
LARA, VIC
 
Australia

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
WRU Wheelchair Rugby Mixed 4

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Yoyogi National Stadium
AUS
Australia
53
DEN
Denmark
54
Finished
Yoyogi National Stadium
FRA
France
48
AUS
Australia
50
Finished
Yoyogi National Stadium
AUS
Australia
53
JPN
Japan
57
Finished
Yoyogi National Stadium
USA
United States
49
AUS
Australia
42
Finished
Yoyogi National Stadium
AUS
Australia
52
JPN
Japan
60
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

:
RankEventYearLocation
Paralympic Games
1Mixed2016Rio de Janeiro, BRA
1Mixed2012London, GBR
World Championships
1Mixed2014Odense, DEN
2Mixed2018Sydney, NSW, AUS
2Mixed2010Vancouver, BC, CAN
:
Banger [because of his love for heavy metal music]. (paralympic.org.au, 02 Jan 2012)
:
Watching Australia rules football and cricket. (smh.com.au, 30 Nov 2019)
:
Wife Melanie, two daughters
:
English
:
Brad Dubberley [national], AUS
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He began playing wheelchair rugby in 2002. (geelongadvertiser.com.au, 07 Sep 2016)
:
"I first saw wheelchair rugby while in rehab in the spinal ward. It seemed like a really full-on, intense game, really fast-paced. It just appealed to me. I was going through a hard time adapting to this huge change in my life, and getting involved in sport and wheelchair rugby got me through." (starweekly.com.au, 06 Jul 2016)
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Representing Australia at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (paralympic.org.au, 07 Jan 2020)
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Australian rules footballer Glenn Archer, Australian cricketer Adam Gilchrist. (paralympic.org.au, Sep 2012)
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"Losing will hurt more." (paralympic.org.au, 07 Jan 2020)
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In 2014 he received the Medal of the Order of Australia [OAM]. (paralympic.org.au, 26 Jan 2014)

In 2011 he was named one of the All-Star Four by the Australian National Wheelchair Rugby League [NWRL]. (foxsportspulse.com, 2013)

General Interest

Classification
1.0 (IWRF, 01 Feb 2020)

Type of Impairment
Spinal Cord Injuries (paralympic.org.au, 01 Sep 2012)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (paralympic.org.au, 01 Sep 2012)

Impairment Details
He has quadriplegia after breaking his neck in a motocross accident in 2000 in Laverton, VIC, Australia. (starweekly.com.au, 06 Jul 2016; paralympic.org.au, 01 Sep 2012)

General
PARALYMPIC DREAM
He began playing wheelchair rugby as a hobby and only became interested in the competitive side of the game after seeing some of the players he trained with representing Australia at the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing. "For about the first four or five years I was just happy to go down once a week and have a crash in the chairs and have a bit of a laugh. I remember sitting at my mate's house when the Beijing Paralympics were on, [watching] a couple of cracking games in Beijing, it got me hooked. That was sort of the turning point where I really wanted to, you know, try to train hard and try to sort of see if that's somewhere that I could get to myself. I would probably describe it as a light bulb moment. Pretty much from then I just sort of changed my attitude towards training and my fitness." (smh.com.au, 30 Nov 2019)

Legend
:
Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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